The Last Celestial Mage

Chapter 9 – An Inevitable Fate

A/N: The next chapter is here so... READ! (TOO LAZY)

WARNING: This wasn't beta read... We only proofread this...

Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Hurt and Comfort and Friendship.

Disclaimer: We do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.

Gray tried to act normally and pretend he didn't know what the others were planning. He still went on Ur's orders and tolerated Lyon's pestering; but he was more careful now. And what was more, he tried to gain Lucy's trust.

Lucy Heartfilia: I want to join you and your team. I am willing to help. Gray Fullbuster.

Gray rolled the small piece of paper, scattered some special dust on the fireplace and burned his message, hoping Lucy would get it in time. Although not the fastest and most reliable of communications, flame mail was the hardest to intercept—even for Ur—so it was the safest way to contact the celestial mage.

The brunette paced back and forth in his room. He was preparing himself mentally for the radical changes that were bound to happen. Hopefully, he was prepared for it and that he would live through it.

When Lucy noticed the crackling of the fire in her new fireplace, she knew something was up. She noticed the note floating in the fire and immediately realized that a flame message was being addressed to her.

Very carefully, she took it and dusted off the flames on it. Then, she opened and read the short note in one quick glance.

"What?!" she almost found it laughable that the Full-bastard would tell her something like that. Almost. But the fact that he sent his message through flame mail was suspicious and Lucy couldn't figure out why.

It's another one of his tricks, she said to herself. He's trying to gain my trust because he thinks it's fun.

Then, her conversation with Lisanna and Natsu flashed in her mind. What if the Deer God spared him because he could help me? Lucy bit her lip. If it was true then she would find it very hard to get along with him—she still didn't trust him.

Lucy's ears perked and she moved silently through the trees, her arrow pulled against the bow as she held it down. She narrowed her eyes and raised her bow, aiming to attack. The string pressed against her lips and she exhaled silently.

Then she shrieked.

The deer perked its ears and ran away from the noise. Lucy growled as she lost her prey, swiftly turning around to glare at Gray.

"What the hell did you do that for?" Lucy hissed, grabbing another arrow from her quiver and shooting it at Gray. The arrow passed over his cheek and landed on the tree behind him.

"Sorry! I just wanted to scare you," the brunette said. He smirked, "You have a bad aim."

"I missed on purpose!" Lucy hissed and turned around, stomping furiously away from the brunette.

"Wait!" Gray stared at Lucy's retreating back and chuckled silently, grabbing a few Bittermug leaves from his pocket. He popped one in his mouth and sucked it before munching on it, discreetly following Lucy who walked silently through the woods, her bow prepared for a strike.

Lucy's ears perked as she heard another ruffle. Slightly pulling on the string harder, she ran.

Gray's eyes widened and quickly threw all the leaves in his mouth, running after Lucy. The blonde ran very fast, in which he couldn't understand why. Her feet were light and quiet, no unnecessary noise.

Gray followed after the blonde and nearly bumped into her as she suddenly stopped. Her arms lay limp to her side and then unknowingly, she clenched her fists. The brunette looked up and found himself sweating at the sight.

"Shit."

Lucy stared angrily at the field before her. Another village was being attacked by dark fairies. Villagers were running around, screaming and at the same time, trying to fight. Children quivered under the mischievous grins of the fairies. Blood was splattered everywhere and at every splatter, Lucy's rage grew bigger and scarier.

"L-Lucy, I didn't know about this—" Gray stopped halfway as soon as he noticed Lucy had suddenly disappeared.

The sound of a fairy screaming made Gray look up once again. His eyes widened and he stepped back in shock.

A fiery yell thundered in his ears as Lucy jumped in the air, her sword drawn out and a spark of lightning dancing around her forearm and hand. Her bow was tucked in her quiver, not needed for now. She sliced off the head of a dark fairy and electrocuted another with her other hand and bent backwards as a dragon hybrid roared fire at her face.

Gray watched as the lightning dancing around Lucy's forearm disappeared and was replaced by water. The hybrid's eyes widened and scrambled away from the blonde.

Lucy glared at the hybrid and was about to hit it with water when its wings suddenly froze and was coated with ice.

She whipped her head to the side to find Gray leaning against the tree by the cliff, his hand stretched out as he froze the hybrid's wings. Her eyebrows narrowed in confusion and she gave him a pained look, "Why are you helping me? Whose side are you really on?"

Gray looked at her and his smirk disappeared. "Why? Shouldn't you be happy that I'm helping you?" he asked and gave her a hard stare. "I want to talk…"

The blonde gritted her teeth and stretched her hand out at the hybrid as well. The wings cracked and broke as the water slammed against its wings. The hybrid's eyes widened and it screamed as it fell. "No! I'm not! I don't know if you're doing this just to gain my trust or not!" she yelled and realized that she lost control of the air around her.

Her body flipped as she slowly fell with her body upside down. She threw a key with wings on the ring and it flipped, "I call upon the light of the heavens' aid, release!"

Angel wings sprouted from her back and she pushed her legs, her body flipping once again. She now floated properly as her body was no longer upside down. She glared at Gray who frowned and crossed his arms.

Lucy inserted the sword back in its sheath and drew out her bow. She reached for an arrow and positioned it, pointing at Gray. "Who's side are you on?" she yelled and growled, pulling on the string harder.

Gray stayed silent and he lowered his head.

Lucy clenched her jaw and she released her grip from the string. The arrow whirled against the air and just before it pierced Gray in the face, it froze. The blonde's eyes widened and she narrowed them, jumping a few feet backwards in the air. She knew his answer.

Gray growled and glared at the blonde through his bangs, one hand stretched out. He balled his hand into a fist and the arrow broke.

"I want to talk about my message yesterday," he said in a serious tone.

"I don't want to believe your sudden proposition," Lucy replied, "How do I know that you're not trying to trick me?"

Gray remained silent for a moment before replying, "I don't have evidence except my own words. I'm telling the truth."

"Why are you doing this? Whose side are you on?"

"If it's so hard to gain your trust then I'm back on the dark side."

Lucy smirked, "So be it."

"Move!" Lucy ordered and poked Gray's back with a stick. His hands were tied with a magic-nullifying rope and he was forced to walk ahead of Lucy unarmed.

"Where are we going?" Gray asked.

"To the Deer God's Pond," she answered, "I want to seek answers. I need them."

"Then why am I here?" asked Gray.

"Because my questions are about you."

They reached the high wall covered in vines and couldn't help but stare in awe at it. It was still as marvelous as ever no matter how many times they see it.

Snapping out of her trance, Lucy pushed Gray again and he walked through the portal. This still surprised Lucy; the Deer God still saw him pure. The blonde's eyebrows met at the center as she stared at him and passed through herself. Once inside, she untied Gray.

"Newcomer!" yelled a goblin and the magical creatures stared at them. They didn't mind, though, but they remained focused on their purpose for coming. The two walked carefully and silently, making their way toward the small islets on the wide pond.

"Deer God!" Lucy called out politely and looked up at the sky above them. "Please! We need to talk to you!"

"Really? You're trying to make get him to show up by saying that?" Gray said, an eyebrow arched up, "You're not being very convincing."

Lucy glared at the brunette and made him stop. All of a sudden, a huge swarm of butterflies with multi-colored wings flew all around them in circles. Amazed, the two adored the flying beauties and watched as they fluttered.

"Beautiful," Lucy whispered, out of breath. She realized she had been holding her breath at the sight. She walked backwards until she bumped onto Gray, who was as awed as she was.

Gray turned and so did Lucy; their bodies only a few inches from each other. Both were amazed as they stared at each other's eyes. The girl was the first to blush.

"Don't be afraid to trust him," said a voice in her heart, "Your destiny is intertwined with his; this is an inevitable fate."

"But… he's the enemy," she said out loud and her eyes watering. "He killed my family…!"

"He didn't," it said, "That's what you want to believe to have someone to blame but you know that's not true."

"I…"

"Take a leap of faith, Lucy," it said. "I see the light breaking out of the clouds! I see an end to this darkness—!"

"Lucy! Lucy!"

Gray shook her hard and tried to get her to snap out of her trance. "You okay?"

"Huh?" she exclaimed. When she snapped out, she realized she was face to face with Gray Fullbuster. Flushing, she pushed him aside. "What happened?"

"You suddenly stared blankly into space and you weren't responding," he explained and followed after her as she walked away, puzzled. "I was starting to think you got possessed so I shook you."

"We're leaving," she said angrily and walked away, her head still pondering on the conversation.

"But what about your questions that needed answering?" Gray asked, "You're not curious anymore?"

Lucy only gritted her teeth. Somehow, her questions were answered; but these answers were unacceptable still. She knew the Deer God had shown her a vision—but she didn't want to believe it just yet. She was still too mad at the Fullbusters to let go of that grudge just like that.

"And what about my proposition?"

Lucy stopped and faced the ice mage who was now sternly looking at her.

"You said you wanted to help?" she asked Gray sternly.

"In any way possible," he bravely answered.

"Then prove to me that you've changed," she said, "Prove to me that you're capable of doing good."

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